Jacksonville splits series with Norfolk 3-3

Winkler homered and Johnston tripled in Sunday loss

Troy Johnston tallied two hits in Jacksonville's 7-2 loss to Norfolk on Sunday. (Kaley Mantz, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp) ((Kaley Mantz, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp))

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

July 13, 2025

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Despite an early lead, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp couldn’t overcome seven unanswered runs by the Norfolk Tides in a 7-2 loss Sunday afternoon at VyStar Ballpark. Norfolk (37-52, 7-9) tied up the ballgame in the third. Jordyn Adams led off with a walk and advanced to third

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Despite an early lead, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp couldn’t overcome seven unanswered runs by the Norfolk Tides in a 7-2 loss Sunday afternoon at VyStar Ballpark.

Norfolk (37-52, 7-9) tied up the ballgame in the third. Jordyn Adams led off with a walk and advanced to third on a double by Jeremiah Jackson. Samuel Basallo doubled, plating Adams and Jackson, evening the score two.

Norfolk took the lead in the fourth on a homer from TT Bowens (9).

The Tides extended their lead in the sixth. A pair of singles from Vimael Machín and Heston Kjerstad put runners on first and second. Terrin Vavra singled, plating Machín for Tides fourth run.

Norfolk added another run in the eighth on a solo homer by Machín (11).

Norfolk’s final tallies came in the top of the ninth. Dylan Beavers started with a base hit and Basallo (19) blasted a two-run homer, extending the lead to 7-2.

The Jumbo Shrimp (56-36, 9-8) took an early lead in the first. Troy Johnston led off with a three-bagger and scored on a balk putting Jacksonville ahead 1-0.

Jacksonville extended their lead in the second on a solo shot by Jack Winkler (6).

With the All-Star break beginning on Monday, the Jumbo Shrimp will resume the second half on Friday, July 18 with a three-game set at the Gwinnett Stripers at 7:05 p.m.

International League Championship Series: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp clinched the first half of the 2025 season with a 47-28 record and will host the International League Championship series at VyStar Ballpark from September 23-24, 25(If necessary).Playoff packages are already on sale and can be found *HERE**.

ABOUT THE JUMBO SHRIMP: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and compete in the International League. The team calls VyStar Ballpark home for baseball but also a wide variety of additional community focused events with a goal of providing Affordable, Family, FUN to Northeast Florida. Winners of many marketing and sales awards and recognition since the team was rebranded prior to the 2017 season, the Jumbo Shrimp continually lead the state of Florida in attendance across all minor league professional sports organizations.